Nutmeg investment manager James McManus has said there is plenty of room for fees on core exposure in UK and gilts passives to catch up with US tracker funds, as he outlines the robo-adviser’s investment process from asset allocation to legal T&Cs.
Ben Peters of Evenlode on the meteoric rise of the boutique firm out of the ashes of the financial crunch and how his training as a physicist informs the scientific approach to stock selection that has allowed the firm’s flagship fund to hit a cool £2bn.
Mohammad Kamal Syed describes how as a globe-trotting computer geek he cut his teeth in investment banking before discovering his passion for providing family focused investment services at banking legend Coutts & Co.
A deep understanding of the link between government and business is at the heart of Andrew Summers’ success at Investec Wealth & Investment, putting his knowledge of the changing role of the state and the private financial sector to work in championing his funds.
After more than three decades as a stockbroker, James Baker, manager of Chelverton UK Equity Growth, has spent the past four years in fund management, bringing a wealth of experience to his stockpicking process.
Soon-to-be-published author James Horniman is leading James Hambro & Partners’ foray into the IFA market. With greed one of the themes of his novel, he is conscious of a culture within the industry of ‘growth for growth’s sake’ – an approach he is keen to avoid, preferring instead to focus on the client.
Discussing inflation and interest rates at a dinner party is a sure-fire way to lose friends. For investors fighting against the tide of today’s backdrop though, it’s a topic that simply isn’t being talked about enough.
LGT Vestra’s Nataša Williams is square-shooting, and while she tells her clients in no uncertain terms that the market will fall, she makes them aware that riding out the nerves will bring them ultimate rewards in the long term.
Born into a family of professional tennis players, Blake Hutchins has chosen to channel his competitive edge into fund management, and despite being relatively new to the job, he is already promising to be a smash.
Nearly 10 years after launching, Iboss continues to go from success to success. Co-founder Chris Metcalfe puts this down to fortuitous timing and the value of having a good reputation behind the brand.
GAM’s new investment director Adrian Gosden did not have to carry his office plant far as, after a successful 13 years at Artemis, he moved down the street to launch the GAM UK Equity Income Fund.
An alternatives spike, the European recovery and optimism on China encourage high-risk investors according to the latest TMPI statistics.
